Birs
The Birs is a 73-kilometre long river in Switzerland that flows through the Jura region and ends as a tributary to the Rhine between Basel and Birsfelden. It is the most important river of the Swiss Jura.
Gestumblindi, Public domain.- Stream
- Description: river in Switzerland
Places of Interest
Highlights include Museum Tinguely and Stadion Rankhof.
Museum Tinguely
Museum
The Museum Tinguely is an art museum in Basel…
Stadion Rankhof
Stadium
Stadion Rankhof is a football stadium in Basel, Switzerland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Birsfelden and Bäumlihof.
Birs
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Latitude
47.55772° or 47° 33′ 28″ north
Longitude
7.61767° or 7° 37′ 4″ east
Open location code
8FV9HJ59+33
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Venetian—“Birs” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Birs”
- Belarusian: “Бірс”
- Bulgarian: “Бирс”
- Catalan: “Birs”
- Cebuano: “Birs”
- Chinese: “比尔斯河”
- Chinese: “比爾斯河”
- Dutch: “Birs”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر بيرس”
- Esperanto: “Birs”
- Finnish: “Birs”
- French: “Birse”
- Galician: “Birs”
- German: “Birs”
- Hebrew: “בירס”
- Irish: “Birs”
- Italian: “Birs”
- Italian: “Birsa”
- Korean: “비르스강”
- Latin: “Birsa”
- Luxembourgish: “Birs”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Birs”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Birs”
- Norwegian: “Birs”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Birs”
- Polish: “Birs”
- Romanian: “Birs”
- Russian: “Бирс”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Birs”
- Slovenian: “Birs”
- Spanish: “Birs”
- Spanish: “Río Birs”
- Swedish: “Birs”
- Swiss German: “Birs”
- Ukrainian: “Бірс”
- Venetian: “Fiume Birs”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Breite and Wettsteinquartier.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Birsfelden power station and St. Clara Hospital.
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